plagg



' (No Model.)

T. J. FLAGG.

'SGARP SHIELD.

j, Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT" OFFICE.

THOMAS J. FLAGG, OF NEWYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FISK, CLARK &

' FLAGG, OF SAME PLACE.

SCARF-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 288,169, dated November 6, 1883.

Application filed January .26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. FLAGG, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scarf-Shields; and I do here by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to made-up scarfs for mens wear which are fitted at their upper ends with a shield or stiffening-piece adapted to support the top of the scarf.

It has for its object the steadying of the shield and scarf in position, so as to prevent it from riding up upon the neck or from moving from side to side out of its proper line of adjustment; and it consists in forming anotch or recess in the upper edge of the shield to receive and embrace the collar-button when applied thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 a top edge view, and

Fig. 3 a vertical section,of a scarf-shield having a button-recess formed upon its upper edge by embossing or stamping up the material of the shield. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the embracingnotch or recess as cut out upon the upper edge of the shield. Fig. 6 illustrates the notch as extended down nearly to the lower edge of the shield, and Fig. 7 illustratcs an application of the invention to a jointed shield.

A is a shield or stiii"ening-piece,made of prepared card-board, thin metal, or other suitable material, cut to any desired shape, as required for the special design of scarf.

B is a notch or recess formed centrally at or in the upper edge of the shield, and adapted to receive and to engage a collar button. I This recess may be struck upor indented or embossed into the material of which the shield is made by compressing it between dies properly shaped to produce a socket or concavity adapted to fit over the button, as shown in as-shown at B, Fig. 4, or be cut to form a V- shaped or'angular opening, as shown at B in Fig. 5, and this V-shaped notch may be so and prevent the scarf from moving up, its lateral movement being prevented by the sides of the notch.

When a made-up scarf or tie provided with either form of my improved notched shield, as described, is fitted to theneck of the wear- .er over the shirt-bosom, the notch or recess in the shield will pass over the ordinary front collar-button, and so embrace it as that the button will serve to arrest any lateral movement of the scarf or tie, and also keep it from riding up when a standing collar is worn.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shield for neckties,having a portion at the center displaced at a point where the shield, when in use, would otherwise be in contact with the collar-stud upon the shirt of the wearer, as set forth, for the purposespecified.

2. A stiffening-piece or shield for madaup scarfs and ties, having a long central notch cut therein, to increase its flexibility and prevent, in combination with a shirt-collar button, any lateral movement of the scarf or tie upon the neck of the wearer, substantially asv herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a shield having an extended notch out in the upper edge, of a transverse strip, 0, spanning the notch, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name I to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. THOS. J. FLAGG. Witnesses:

" HENRY K. Tnonns,

W. S. PHILLIPS. 

